The Veteran's TBI and its residuals require regular aid and attendance, but not the higher level of care required for SMC T. The Board finds that without this aid and attendance, the Veteran would need to be placed in a hospital or other institutional care.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requires regular aid and attendance due to his TBI and related conditions, which necessitates placement in residential care absent such assistance.
- Claimed conditions
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), CTE, Parkinson's disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- October 15, 2019
- Citation
- A19001915
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Dismissed
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- Granted
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- Granted
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